AS Roma v Juventus

Doug has added to his "collection" of UK/EU soccer games with a home game at Roma vs Serie A Champions Juventus. The atmosphere was incredible -- you could almost feel the ground shaking as you walked up to the stadium. The crowd, was, as expected, very alive, but what a tough crowd. Every touch of the ball by CR7 raised a deafening chorus of boos and jeers. And Roma was not sharp in their passing and the boos started building halfway through the game with every intercepted pass by Juve. A very exciting game by two very talented teams, and a 79' goal by Roma and another in injury time left the crowd ecstatic. Italian "efficiency" with transit meant Doug did not get home for 2.5 hours, though!Read more